Denatured alcohol manufacturing · South Dakota
Poet Biorefining -Big Stone
Big Stone City, SD · ~53 workers · 9 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.1
- Avg TCR
- 3.3
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Poet Biorefining -Big Stone runs at 93% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Denatured alcohol manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.
Poet Biorefining -Big Stone: 3.1 TCR = 93% of Denatured alcohol manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 9y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Poet Biorefining -Big Stone safety composite
Poet Biorefining -Big Stone scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 77% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 48%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).
59/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 3.08 per 100 workers
Safer than 48% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 77% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 51% of industry peers
Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).
TCR Δ
−3.5
2016→2024
Poet Biorefining -Big Stone injury rate improved
Poet Biorefining -Big Stone's TCR fell 3.5 from 3.5 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 6.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
2016=3.5 · 2017=5.0 · 2018=6.6 · 2019=3.4 · 2020=3.9 · 2021=2.0 · 2022=0.0 · 2023=3.4 · 2024=0.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 325193 · Big Stone City, SD AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 3.1 · 93% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #8/23
- PHOTO Poet Biorefining Han…
- BOOK 9y book
- INJ 15 inj
- SIZE ~53 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Poet Biorefining Hanlontown (0.0 TCR gap)
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Poet Biorefining -Big Stone in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Poet Biorefining -Big Stone
3.1 TCR
- Poet Biorefini
Poet Biorefining Hanlontown
3.1 TCR
- Dakota Spirit
Dakota Spirit AgEnergy, LLC
3.1 TCR
- Fairmont Plant
Fairmont Plant
3.1 TCR
- Carbon Green B
Carbon Green BioEnergy, LLC
3 TCR
What this shows Poet Biorefining -Big Stone averages 3.1 TCR (93% of the Denatured alcohol manufacturing BLS benchmark).
Poet Biorefining -Big Stone TCR series: 2016=3.5 · 2017=5 · 2018=6.6 · 2019=3.4 · 2020=3.9 · 2021=2 · 2022=0 · 2023=3.4 · 2024=0 · BLS 3.3
Where Poet Biorefining -Big Stone falls in its industry
228 Denatured alcohol manufacturin establishmentsSafer than 48% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to South Dakota alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 23 Denatured alcohol manufacturin employers in South Dakota.
Poet Biorefining -Big Stone has more employees than the Denatured alcohol manufacturing median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5.0 | 1.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
325193 · SD · Big Stone City
228 Denatured alcohol manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 1,778 rated employers in South Dakota with headcount on file · 3 employers in Big Stone City, SD · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.
| Rel | Establishment | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | Poet Biorefining Hanlontown | 3.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Dakota Spirit AgEnergy, LLC | 3.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Carbon Green BioEnergy, LLC | 3.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Fairmont Plant | 3.1 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Advanced Sunflower, LLC Huron | 53 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Terex - Canton | 53 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | 571 | 53 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Avera Flandreau Hospital | 53 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Saputo Cheese Big Stone | 143 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Big Stone Plant | 80 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Advance Fiber Technologies Corp. (AFT) | 3.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Pottsville Facility | 3.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | JB Holland Construction, Inc. | 3.1 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Iowa Falls Office | 3.1 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Turtlepoint Plant, Office and Shop | 53 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Eau Claire Wi | 53 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Manildra Milling Corporation | 53 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Campanelli | 53 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.